From William Watts: The Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, changed their tune Wednesday, striking a surprisingly dovish tone that sparked a stock-market rally, tanked the U.S. dollar and roiled other financial markets. NYSE:UUP January 31, 2019 12:01pm

From Anna Golubova: (Kitco News) - As gold prices wrapped up another great session and hit fresh eight-month highs, Mad Money's Jim Cramer said that he is a gold "believer." NYSE:GLD January 31, 2019 11:38am

From Myra P. Saefong: The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that domestic supplies of natural gas fell by 173 billion cubic feet for the week ended Jan. 25. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts had forecast a decline of 197 billion cubic feet, while the average over the last five years for the same week was a fall of 150 billion. Total stocks now stand at 2.197 trillion cubic feet, down 14 billion cubic feet from a year ago, but 328 billion below the five-year average, the government said. March natural gas NGH19, -0.88% traded at $2.827 per million British thermal units, down 2.7 cents, or 1%, from Wednesday's settlement. It was at $2.856 before the supply data. NYSE:UNG January 31, 2019 11:34am

From Alison Sider: More than a thousand flights are being grounded as a blast of arctic air barrels over the Midwest, bringing with it temperatures too low for airfield workers to load bags or get planes ready for takeoff. NYSE:JETS January 30, 2019 11:20am

From Myra P. Saefong: Gold futures marched higher on Wednesday, attempting to stretch their win streak to the longest in a month as commodity traders awaited an update on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy strategy later in the day. NYSE:GLD January 30, 2019 11:17am

From Todd Shriber: Financial services, one of 2018's worst-performing sectors, is looking to shed that laggard status this year. The group is off to a good start, as highlighted by the Financial Select Sector SPDRXLF 0.06%, which is up 9.15 percent year-to-date. NYSE:XLF January 29, 2019 1:24pm

From Todd Shriber: Defined maturity exchange traded funds differ from their traditional counterparts. Defined maturity ETFs, also known as target-date funds, typically track an index of bonds that all mature in the same year. ETF BASIC NEWS January 29, 2019 1:20pm

Domestic airlines weren't exempt from the rout that hit stocks in December, the market's worst month since the Great Recession. Shares of all four major U.S. carriers--American, Delta, United Continental, and Southwest--saw double-digit losses. Delta ended December down 17.8 percent, its worst month since October 2009, when it gave back 20.3 percent.